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Trade Sign
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Trade Sign

Dateabout 1865
MediumWood, with black and gold paint, and metal hardware
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionWooden sign in the shape of an arch, painted black. Gold-painted letters on the sign read, "COLT'S ARMORY." The sign is constructed in three pieces: "COLT'" "S ARM" "ORY.", connected by metal hardware on the back of the sign.
Object number2004.114.2a-c
InscribedGold-painted letters on the sign read, "COLT'S ARMORY."
On View
Not on view
Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.2.8a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
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